David Livingstone: Adam Sedgwick (Author): William Monk (Editor). Dr. Livingstone's Cambridge Lectures, Together With a Prefatory letter by the Rev. Professor Sedgwick, M.A., F.R.S., &c Edited with introduction, life of Dr. Livingstone, notes and appendix, by the Rev. William Monk, etc. (First Edition). Deighton, Bell and Co., 1858.

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Description: First Edition. Ex-Library. Hardcover. Bound in blue cloth with ornate blind debossed border and gilt decorative title. Two lectures given by the medical missionary and explorer David Livingstone after his return to England from his travels in Africa (1841?1856) form the core of this book, which was originally published in 1858, the year when Livingstone set off on the British Zambezi expedition. The book also contains a biography, a letter from Adam Sedgwick (then Professor of Geology at Cambridge), and a thorough appendix covering the scientific results of the journey, describing the geography, mineralogy, diseases, and the language and cultural aspects of the peoples Livingstone encountered. Finally, Livingstone reports on the needs and prospects for further missionary work in Africa. Although Livingstone himself felt his calling was now to pursue purely scientific exploration, he hoped that the lectures and their subsequent publication would encourage other missionaries to continue his work of evangelization. 2 fold out maps. Pagination complete: vii, [1], xxx, xciii, [1], 1-47, [4], 52-81, [1].CONDITION: Southern Bible institute stamp on front flyleaf and titlepage. Corners are bumped. Covers are mildly rubbed and chipped around the edges. Spine has been rebacked in black with original title attached as a label. Pages are crisp and clean. Binding and text block are sound. Full refund if not satisfied.

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LIVINGSTONE Dr David. Dr Livingstone's Cambridge Lectures, together with a Prefatory Letter by the Rev. Professor Sedgwick Edited with Introduction, Life of Dr Livingstone, Notes and Appendix by the Rev. William Monk. Cambridge and London Printed by C.J. Clay at the University Press and published for the Editor by Deighton, Bell & Co. and Bell and Daldy 1858, 1858.

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Description: First edition. With portrait frontispiece and two folding maps. 8vo., original blue cloth decorated in blind, lettered in gilt on spine and upper board. A little staining to frontispiece, neat previous owners' names on free endpaper and title-page, otherwise a very good copy. David Livingstone had returned to Britain on 12 December 1856 to a hero's welcome, following his successful crossing of the African continent. Livingstone and John Murray had made arrangements for the publication of an account of his travels before Livingstone had even returned home, and at the beginning of 1857 he began work on the book that would be published in November of that year under the title Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa. Following the completion of his manuscript, Livingstone spent the latter half of 1857 undertaking speaking engagements across the British Isles and in December 1857 he travelled to Cambridge, where he addressed a meeting at the University's Senate House on 4 December 1857 and a meeting at the Town Hall on 5 December 1857. The text of the lectures is preceded by a brief biography of Livingstone by William Monk and a substantial 'Prefatory Letter' by the geologist Adam Sedgwick (1785-1873, the Woodwardian Professor of Geology at the University of Cambridge and the Vice-Master of Trinity College, Cambridge), who had hosted Livingstone at Trinity College after the first lecture. The text of the lectures is followed by Monk's lengthy 'Appendix' (pp. [49]-181, which 'is intended to convey valuable information illustrative of the Lectures, drawn mainly from Dr. Livingstone's own sources'. This copy (although without identifying marks) was previously in the noted collection of the explorer and bibliophile Quentin Keynes, who travelled extensively in Africa throughout the second half of the twentieth century, and collected a remarkable library of books and manuscripts relating to the exploration of Africa.

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